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What do effective youth organizations offer inner-city youngsters that schools do not? This book suggests that educators can learn much from inner-city social and youth …
When it comes to teaching about diversity, schools face a powerful competitor – the mass media. Analyzing both entertainment and news media, this important new book grapples with …
Written for all those who are concerned about the plight of children in America, most especially future school teachers, Uncertain Lives tells the stories of 34 children, enrolled …
As violence in the media and media-linked toys increases, parents and teachers are also seeing an increase in children’s war play. The authors have revised this popular text to …
For a century, America's early childhood policy has been premised on a myth. This falsehood--which dictates that child care and education are somehow separate and distinct--not …
The author of this volume makes an argument for a more activist, critical constructivist approach to teaching adolescents, without minimizing the difficulties faced by teachers of …
This single-volume resource provides detailed information on current large-scale and longitudinal research studies focusing on early childhood development - the situations and …
Does our society care about its children? This provocative and in-depth examination of violence in the lives of children uncovers the conditions and social policies that perpetuate …
In her third book, Sometimes I Can Be Anything, Karen Gallas explores young children's experience and understanding of gender, race, and power as revealed by the interactions …
This text provides a portrait of adolescent girls in middle school - the ""social queens"" and the ""tough cookies"". The author, Margaret Finders, follows the girls, focusing on …